Wendy Botting writes: >Any comments from curators at the Smithsonian or from U. Penn's archaeology >museum? I'm sure this issue is not as cut-and-dried (bad metaphor) as Mr. >Prouty suggests. I have been a principal consultant for NMAI and do not know of any exhibition plans that would contradict Mr. Prouty. As a curator with 15 years service, I know of no need to exhibit the type of material in question. As a Navajo, I can find numerous religious reasons for respecting the dead. If this issue is not cut-and-dried, it should be. I believe Mr. Prouty is speaking from the best stance one can take on this issue. Paul Apodaca Curator of Native American Art Bowers Museum Santa Ana, CA Paul Apodaca